Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER · CC0Few Canadian towns have cooler summers than Torbay
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −7.8°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 98% of Canadian towns. December is the wettest month, June the driest. For walks and days out, the stretch from July to September brings highs of 17–21°C.
Borrowed figures: Torbay has no normals station, so these come from St. John's (Airport), 4.1 km south.
A year in Torbay at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Torbay’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador beside it.
What a year in Torbay feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 164 days, 20°C on 55
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,539 mm a year
5th wettest of 32 towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador. On about 162 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 363 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in January (about 95 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Torbay
81% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing.
Living with Torbay’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
About 142 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 28 May to a first of 18 October.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 19 days a year.
On some 11 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Torbay’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: St. John's (Airport)
St. John's (Airport) is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 4.1 km south |
| Station altitude | 141 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −22.4°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 31.2°C |
| Average wind | 22.0 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | St. John's (West), 16 km |
How Torbay compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Torbay’s own would show the same figures). Torbay has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 11 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torbay St. John's (Airport) | 20.9°C | −7.8°C | 1,539 mm |
| St. John's 11 km · St. John's (West) | 21.3°C about the same | −7.2°C 0.6°C milder | 1,381 mm |
Torbay weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −0.7°C | −7.8°C | −4.2°C | 153 mm | 95 cm |
| February | −1.0°C | −8.4°C | −4.7°C | 123 mm | 77 cm |
| March | 1.2°C | −5.7°C | −2.2°C | 140 mm | 62 cm |
| April | 5.6°C | −1.9°C | 1.8°C | 122 mm | 30 cm |
| May | 11.0°C | 1.6°C | 6.3°C | 98 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 15.7°C | 5.9°C | 10.8°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 20.9°C | 11.2°C | 16.0°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 20.8°C | 12.1°C | 16.5°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.0°C | 8.5°C | 12.8°C | 126 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.2°C | 4.3°C | 7.8°C | 158 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 6.7°C | 0.0°C | 3.4°C | 157 mm | 22 cm |
| December | 2.1°C | −4.1°C | −1.0°C | 174 mm | 70 cm |
| Year | 9.2°C | 1.3°C | 5.3°C | 1,539 mm | 363 cm |
In February, anything from −22.4°C to 16.0°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; February is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±1.9°C around −4.7°C), August the one that wanders least (±1.1°C).
Where Torbay’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for St. John's (Airport), 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Torbay’s climate
How warm does Torbay get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 20.9°C.
How cold does Torbay get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to February, at about −8.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Torbay get?
Count on roughly 1,539 mm a year, heaviest in December (174 mm) and lightest in June (88 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Roughly 114 days a year start with snow cover of 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Torbay itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for St. John's (Airport); Torbay has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Torbay →
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).